Former basketball coach accused of molesting 3 girls at his Cortlandt home

10:06 PM,
Mar. 21, 2013

Richard Dinizo

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A former girls basketball coach from this town is suspected of molesting at least three preteen girls and photographing and videotaping sex acts that occurred in his home, police said.

Richard Dinizo, 58, a woodworker, has already been charged with sexually abusing a 10-year-old girl in 2010. Charges against him in that case will be upgraded Friday in Town Court, when he is also expected to be charged with sexually abusing a second girl, state police Senior Investigator Brian Hoff said. But this may be just the beginning.

"We've identified a total of three victims," Hoff said, noting that all ...